Northern Renaissance art : painting, sculpture, the graphic arts from 1350 to 1575

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Northern Renaissance art : painting, sculpture, the graphic arts from 1350 to 1575

James Snyder

Abrams, 1985

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Bibliography: p. [534]-537

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ISBN 9780136235965

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Published jointly by Prentice Hall and Harry N. Abrams Inc., this text/anthology provides balanced, in-depth coverage of the painting (including miniatures), graphic arts, and sculpture (including minor arts), in Northern Europe - from the International Style to the Renaissance styles of the 15th and the 16th centuries.

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I. THE INTERNATIONAL STYLE. 1. The Backgrounds. 2. Bohemia. 3. The Valois Courts. 4. The Rhenish-Mosan Crescent. II. PAINTING, GRAPHICS, AND SCULPTURE IN THE NETHERLANDS, GERMANY, AND FRANCE FROM 1425 TO 1500. 5. Jan van Eyck. 6. Robert Campin and Rogier van der Weyden. 7. The Northerners. 8. Two Mystics. 9. The Late Gothic Dream. 10. Gardens of Heaven and Hell in the Art of Bosch. 11. Diversity Along the Rhine. 12. The Impact of Netherlandish Art on German Painting of the Later Fifteenth Century. 13. Painting in France During the Second Half of the Fifteenth Century. 14. Graphic Arts Before 1500. 15. Developments in Sculpture in the Fifteenth Century. III. THE RENAISSANCE IN GERMANY, THE NETHERLANDS, AND FRANCE FROM 1500 TO 1575. 16. Albrecht Durer and the Renaissance in Germany. 17. The Isenheim Altarpiece and Matthias Grunewald. 18. Danube Landscapes and Witches: Albrecht Altdorfer and Hans Baldung Grien. 19. Lucas Cranach the Elder: The Conflicts of Humanism and the Reformation. 20. Hans Holbein the Younger and the Renaissance Portrait. 21. Antwerp: Quentin Metsys, Joachim Patinir, and Joos van Cleve. 22. Two Currents in Later South Netherlandish Painting: The Romanists and the Specialists. 23. Holland: Amsterdam, Delft, and Haarlem. 24. Lucas van Leyden. 25. Jan Van Scorel, Maerten van Heemskerck, and Antonis Mor. 26. The Theatrum orbis terrarum of Pieter Bruegel the Elder. 27. Fontainebleau and the Court Style in France. Notes. Select Bibliography. Maps. Genealogy of the Valois House. Timetable of the Arts, History, and Science 1300-1575. Photographic Credits. Index.
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: Abrams ISBN 9780810910812

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A survey of the painting, sculpture, and graphic arts of the Renaissance in northern Europe discusses the era's artistic evolution.

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